Grievous Bodily Harm

Grievous Bodily Harm is a 1988 Australian crime film directed by Mark Joffe starring Colin Friels and John Waters.

Plot

Crime reporter Tom Stewart (Colin Friels) and a cop (Bruno Lawrence) look for a deranged schoolteacher (John Waters) who goes on a murder spree while looking for the lover he thought to be dead.

Cast

• John Waters as Morris Martin
• Colin Friels as Tom Stewart
• Bruno Lawrence as Det. Sgt. Ray Birch
• Kim Gyngell as Mick
• Gary Stalker as Derek Allen
• Joy Bell as Claudine
• Shane Briant as Stephen Enderby
• Caz Lederman as Vivian Enderby
• John Flaus as Neil Bradshaw

Production

The script was written by Warwick Hind, a former executive at Greater Union. Errol Sullivan showed the script to Richard Brennan, who raised up to around a $1 million of the budget; the remainder was raised through Antony I. Ginnane. Richard Brennan says the actual cost of the film was $3 million but various fees put it up to $3.4 million.^[1]

Awards

The film was nominated for 4 AFI Awards in 1988, including best picture.

Box Office

Grievous Bodily Harm grossed $82,267 at the box office in Australia.^[2] However it did sell to American company Fries Entertainment for over $1 million.^[1]

See also

• Cinema of Australia

References

Further reading

• Murray, Scott; (ed.) (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 258. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.  Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Grievous Bodily Harm at the Internet Movie Database
• Grievous Bodily Harm at the Australian screen